Hilda Abla Hilda Abla

Teaches at ESS Community Projects

Hilda Abla - aka "Hildos" is a Lebanese-Armenian artist living in Brooklyn. She started her artistic ventures at age five at the children's program at Lebanese American University, the same institution where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts years later. Her painting studies continued at the School of Visual Arts, and she has exhibited her work in Beirut and New York, and been featured in magazines New York Art Magazine and Art Fuse. She believes that art comes with a responsibility, and her latest work is commited to changing the way women view their bodies and themselves. You can view her work at hildos.com, including her TEDx talk on "Seeing Beauty in Imperfection".